diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 03c1cc5..fcefcd1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-            <version>3.17</version>
+            <version>4.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Used to work with the newer excel file format - `.xlsx` -->
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi-ooxml -->